...you need to make sure that the jokes land. Most of the jokes here didn't.

So the plot is that a gang of inept crooks are running from the police, and intrude on a family of Maori who belong to a whacky cult of cannibals. The daughter, who was sent off to an exclusive girl's school to preserve her virginity for a sacrifice, discovers her family's "Lifestyle change" just before the crooks break in. What follows are a bunch of antics before the crooks are mostly killed or disable.

The thing is, the jokes aren't funny. The only thing that is kind of funny is Temura Morrison (Star Wars) over the top performance as the father/cult leader/frustrated professor.

There are probably some cultural things here I don't get because I don't live in New Zealand. But generally, not funny at all.

Rina (Hanna Tevita) attends an all girls school and likes to take showers. Her mother is "ubiquitous" and a famous cook. Meanwhile a rescue of Richie Tan (Leand Macadaan) is in operation. Richie has been sentenced to 12 years for murder, kidnapping, and selling fruit without a license. The two subplots come together as a home break-in, except with a twist. The family held hostage are cannibals, just wanting to eat their captors.

This is a fairly decent dark comedy with grindhouse elements. Kate Elliott as Gigi gives the film a raw sexuality, especially when coupled with school girl Hanna Teyita. I thought the film should have done a few more gags/bits before the killings, at which time the quality goes down.

Parental Guide: F-bomb, nudity (Acushla Tara Sutton)

A lot of it was funny, some of it was just a bit dumb but I mostly hated the complete sexualisation and predation of the teenage girl. The 69 bondage scene was especially cringey.